BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Virat Kohli (c)	c Tripathi b Varun	5	6	8	1	0	83.33

Devdutt Padikkal	c Tripathi b Prasidh Krishna	25	28	56	2	0	89.28

Rajat Patidar	b Varun	1	2	5	0	0	50.00

Glenn Maxwell	c Harbhajan Singh b Cummins	78	49	75	9	3	159.18

AB de Villiers †	not out	76	34	45	9	3	223.52
Kyle Jamieson	not out	11	4	15	1	1	275.00
Extras	(nb 3, w 5)	8
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 10.20)	204/4
Did not bat: Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Virat Kohli, 1.2 ov), 2-9 (Rajat Patidar, 1.6 ov), 3-95 (Devdutt Padikkal, 11.1 ov), 4-148 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Harbhajan Singh	4	0	38	0	9.50	10	4	2	1	1
Varun Chakravarthy	4	0	39	2	9.75	6	3	2	0	1
1.2 to V Kohli, Belting catch from Tripathi. He runs back from extra-cover and pulls off a terrific catch. He gets into a side-on position at the end, but completes that tumbling take. This seems like a legcutter from Varun, swerves away outside off on an in-between length. Kohli aims to pump it over mid-off, but gets it off the outer half of the bat, slicing it in the air. Kohli isn't close to the pitch of the ball and then Tripathi then springs into action. 6/1 1.6 to RM Patidar, CV Varun is on fire at his home ground! He hits a heavy length and gets it to dart back in sharply into a crease-bound Patidar. The batter wafts it and the ball may have grazed the pad before disturbing the top of off. "Va va va," is the cry from DK behind the stumps. He sure loved it. 9/2
Shakib Al Hasan	2	0	24	0	12.00	2	3	1	0	0
Pat Cummins	4	0	34	1	8.50	6	3	0	2	0
16.6 to GJ Maxwell, Cummins bounces Maxwell out with three overs left in RCB's innings. Lifter from over the wicket. Cummins chases Maxwell who was moving outside leg. Chest-high delivery, gets big on Maxwell. Top-edges a pull to short fine leg, where Harbhajan settles under this skier. Maxwell raises his bat and walks off to rousing applause from the RCB dug-out. Exceptional innings. Will it turn out to be a match-winning one?. 148/4
Prasidh Krishna	4	0	31	1	7.75	10	4	0	0	1
11.1 to D Padikkal, Krishna takes down his Karnataka team-mate. Hip-high short delivery outside off, Padikkal hauls a pull in the air. Dragged into the lap of Tripathi for a more straightforward catch. He didn't really get going. Falls for 25 off 28 balls. 95/3
Andre Russell	2	0	38	0	19.00	3	5	2	2	0

Kolkata Knight Riders (T: 205 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nitish Rana	c Padikkal b Chahal	18	11	36	2	1	163.63

Shubman Gill	c sub (DT Christian) b Jamieson	21	9	10	2	2	233.33

Rahul Tripathi	c Mohammed Siraj b Washington Sundar	25	20	23	5	0	125.00

Eoin Morgan (c)	c Kohli b Patel	29	23	33	1	2	126.08

Dinesh Karthik †	lbw b Chahal	2	5	10	0	0	40.00

Shakib Al Hasan	b Jamieson	26	25	37	1	1	104.00

Andre Russell	b Patel	31	20	27	3	2	155.00

Pat Cummins	c †de Villiers b Jamieson	6	2	4	0	1	300.00

Harbhajan Singh	not out	2	2	10	0	0	100.00
Varun Chakravarthy	not out	2	3	4	0	0	66.66
Extras	(w 4)	4
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 8.30)	166/8
Did not bat: Prasidh Krishna
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Shubman Gill, 1.5 ov), 2-57 (Rahul Tripathi, 5.6 ov), 3-66 (Nitish Rana, 6.5 ov), 4-74 (Dinesh Karthik, 8.3 ov), 5-114 (Eoin Morgan, 13.4 ov), 6-155 (Shakib Al Hasan, 17.4 ov), 7-161 (Pat Cummins, 17.6 ov), 8-162 (Andre Russell, 19.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammed Siraj	3	0	17	0	5.66	11	3	0	1	0
Kyle Jamieson	3	0	41	3	13.66	7	3	4	1	0
1.5 to Shubman Gill, Jamieson comes back with the slower ball and has Gill chipping it to mid-on. Offcutter from Jamieson, fuller on middle, Gill clears his front leg, but the lack of pace messes with his timing. He can only drag it to the right of mid-on. Excellent catch from Christian (subbing for Maxwell). Jamieson celebrates the early strike with a big roar. 23/1 17.4 to Shakib Al Hasan, Jamieson knocks over Shakib! The left-hander jumps across, exposing all three stumps. Shakib swishes and misses. Jamieson pings leg stump with a mighty full ball. 155/6 17.6 to PJ Cummins, edged and taken by AB. On-pace back of a length ball, Jamieson shifts his line wide of off. He asks Cummins to reach out for the ball. Cummins gets to it but can only slice it behind to the keeper. 161/7
Yuzvendra Chahal	4	0	34	2	8.50	10	5	1	0	0
6.5 to N Rana, Hauled straight to Padikkal at deep midwicket! Nice and full, drops on off, right in the slot for Rana. It spins in slightly at off, slog-swept to the outfielder. More relief than joy for Chahal. His first wicket this season. 66/3 8.3 to KD Karthik, Chahal pins Karthik. This is plumb, he knows it, and walks off. Nice and full from Chahal, wrong'un, zipping in to thump the pad. Karthik plays for the legbreak and misses it altogether, struck in front of middle. 74/4
Washington Sundar	4	0	33	1	8.25	7	3	1	1	0
5.6 to RA Tripathi, Washi closes out the powerplay with the wicket of Tripathi. The last ball was 100ks, he cuts it down to 83ks outside off. Tripathi goes across the line but does so early. He splices a slog-sweep. Siraj runs back from midwicket and tracks down this top-edged hit. 57/2
Glenn Maxwell	2	0	24	0	12.00	3	0	3	0	0
Harshal Patel	4	0	17	2	4.25	7	0	0	0	0
13.4 to EJG Morgan, Kohli makes no mistake this time. He runs across to his right from extra-cover and snaffles this. Harshal goes for the slower dipper outside off. Morgan slices it to the RCB captain. 114/5 19.1 to AD Russell, Russell plays on. Good length and angling in towards off from over the wicket, swerves in to Russell. He swings lustily and ends up dragging it back onto his own stumps. 162/8

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Royal Challengers Bangalore innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 2 wickets)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (41 balls), Extras 3
Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 53/2 in 7.0 overs (D Padikkal 14, GJ Maxwell 30)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (D Padikkal 12, GJ Maxwell 36, Ex 3)
GJ Maxwell: 50 off 28 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (75 balls), Extras 4
Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 106/3 in 13.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 63, AB de Villiers 8)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (GJ Maxwell 17, AB de Villiers 31, Ex 2)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (107 balls), Extras 7
AB de Villiers: 50 off 27 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (121 balls), Extras 8
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 16 balls (AB de Villiers 39, KA Jamieson 11, Ex 2)
Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 204/4 in 20.0 overs (AB de Villiers 76, KA Jamieson 11)

Kolkata Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 2 wickets)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 57/2 in 6.0 overs (N Rana 10)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 121/5 in 15.0 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 22, AD Russell 1)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 3

MATCH DETAILS

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Royal Challengers Bangalore, elected to bat first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2021
Player Of The Match	AB de Villiers
Match days	18 April 2021 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires	Chettithody Shamshuddin Nitin Menon
TV Umpire	Chris Gaffaney
Reserve Umpire	Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Match Referee	Narayanan Kutty
Points	Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0

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Over 20 • KKR 166/8

Andre Russell b Patel 31 (20b 3x4 2x6 27m) SR: 155

RCB won by 38 runs

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KKR Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
N Rana	caught	18	11
Shubman Gill	caught	21	9
RA Tripathi	caught	25	20
EJG Morgan	caught	29	23
KD Karthik	lbw	2	5
Shakib Al Hasan	bowled	26	25
AD Russell	bowled	31	20
PJ Cummins	caught	6	2
Harbhajan Singh	not out	2	2
CV Varun	not out	2	3
Extras	(w 4)
Total	166(8 wkts; 20 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
Mohammed Siraj	3	17	0	5.66
KA Jamieson	3	41	3	13.66
YS Chahal	4	34	2	8.5
Washington Sundar	4	33	1	8.25
GJ Maxwell	2	24	0	12
HV Patel	4	17	2	4.25

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	23	Nitish Rana	Shubman Gill
2nd	34	Rahul Tripathi	Nitish Rana
3rd	9	Eoin Morgan	Nitish Rana
4th	8	Dinesh Karthik	Eoin Morgan
5th	40	Eoin Morgan	Shakib Al Hasan
6th	41	Shakib Al Hasan	Andre Russell
7th	6	Andre Russell	Pat Cummins
8th	1	Harbhajan Singh	Andre Russell
9th	4	Harbhajan Singh	Varun Chakravarthy

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Indian Premier League

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
DC	14	10	4	20	0.481
CSK	14	9	5	18	0.455
RCB	14	9	5	18	-0.140
KKR	14	7	7	14	0.587
MI	14	7	7	14	0.116
PBKS	14	6	8	12	-0.001
RR	14	5	9	10	-0.993
SRH	14	3	11	6	-0.545

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